Less than three miles from Newark, Ohio stands a massive, 180,000-square-foot, seven-story basket. No, this isn’t for the picnic of giants, but rather the quite literal headquarters for the basket-making company, Longaberger, who moved into this $30 million space in 1997.

The building was created as an exact replica of its basket inspiration, just 160 times larger and meant to house 500 employees. After Longaberger collapsed in 2018, the basket has stood idle and is now on the market again for an undisclosed amount, just awaiting an imaginative person to find a use for a 9,000-ton oversized picnic basket.

Designed by The Longaberger Company itself, architectural firm NBBJ and Korda Nemeth Engineering executed the impressive feat. Due to its unique design, the building could only have 84 windows.

Despite only having 84 windows, the company ensured there was plenty of natural light by building a slightly domed glass ceiling above the atrium.

You would think the most complex aspect of this building would be achieving the woven appearance of an actual basket, but rather the basket’s handles proved to be an arduous process. Weighing 150 tons, they took 18 months to manufacture because they needed to include a special heating system to keep them from icing over in the frigid Ohio winters — if they did, they could crash through the glass ceiling.

Parking was never an issue for employees of Longaberger because the 21-acre plot included 555 parking spots.

After being sold for $1.2 million in 2017, the innovative yet strange basket building is once again on the market. Perhaps it will be torn down, but many people in the community believe this unique structure (the only basket building in the world) should stay. Some think it would make an excellent hotel or condominums. Only time will tell.